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FOOD   |  1 comment

Cocoon Cooker Grows Meat and Fish from Heated Animal Cells

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Sep 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM

Here's a food-related invention that is even weirder than the notorious Beanzawave: The Cocoon, a concept cooker that grows meat and fish from heated animal cells in a process that looks disturbingly similar to magic animal growing capsules.READ»

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"DNA Barcode" Could Protect Plants From Illegal Trade

BY Ariel SchwartzFri Jul 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM

Believe it or not, the illegal trade of endangered plant species is a big business. The illicit trade of animals is more well known than plants in part because the trade is easier to track. That's one reason behind a proposal to track ...READ»

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International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution

BY Fast Company CalendarMon Jul 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM

Let's not beat around the bush. Fifteen thousand of the world's medicinal plants are nearing extinction, thanks to pollution caused by population growth and rapid industrialization. Each die-off also produces a ripple effect; for ...READ»

Rethinking the Modern Zoo
SCHöNBRUNN ZOO   |  Comment

Unnatural Habitats: Rethinking the Modern Zoo

BY Michael CannellThu Jun 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM

Should institutions dedicated to natural sciences depict a world untouched by civilization as a matter of history? The Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna has chosen the opposite approach: this spring its animals share their pens with an installation created by artists Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf that reflects the degradation of animal habitats.READ»

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